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Rankings: Rising Stars
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March 23, 2012
Rising Star: Shearman's Etienne Gelencser
Shearman & Sterling LLP partner Etienne Gelencser has represented several Asian banking heavyweights in cross-border power project deals and has helped corporate giants like Mitsubishi Corp dip into the renewable energy sector, nabbing him a spot among Law360's list of four attorneys under 40 that are rising legal stars in project finance.
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March 23, 2012
Rising Star: White & Case's Noah Brumfield
Whether securing the green light for Grupo Bimbo SAB's multimillion-dollar Sara Lee Corp. bakery unit buy or developing solutions to novel questions at the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust law, White & Case LLP's Noah A. Brumfield's creativity and business savvy have earned him a spot on Law360's list of five competition attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 23, 2012
Rising Star: Hunton & Williams' Karma Brown
Hunton & Williams LLP's Karma Brown has won victories for the American Farm Bureau Federation and other major trade groups in high-profile Clean Water Act fights against the federal government, earning her a place among Law360's five rising environmental law stars under 40.
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March 23, 2012
Rising Star: ACE Bermuda's Joshua Schwartz
ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd. associate general counsel Joshua Schwartz began serving as the insurer's regional compliance officer in 2011, ensuring the company complies with Bermuda and U.S. regulations, and also found time to mediate a high-profile bankruptcy settlement, work that won him a spot among Law 360's top five insurance attorneys under 40.
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March 22, 2012
Rising Star: Hausfeld's Brian Ratner
Fighting for vitamin buyers victimized by global price fixing and brokering a groundbreaking private settlement with marine hose cartelist Parker ITR are just some accomplishments of Hausfeld LLP partner Brian Ratner, one of five attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in the class action arena.
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March 22, 2012
Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Michael Preston
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Michael Preston helped negotiate a pair of breakthrough deals in 2011 that will bring new power infrastructure to Tanzania and Sierra Leone, accomplishments that earned him a spot among Law360's top five under-40 energy attorneys.
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March 22, 2012
Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz
Jason Schwartz of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has tapped into his fascination with workplace dynamics and passion for learning on numerous cases, including his recent work to protect Dow Corning Corp.'s trade secrets, which has earned him a spot among Law360's top five under-40 employment partners.
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March 21, 2012
Rising Star: Skadden's Peter Morrison
After three years as a partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Peter Morrison has already earned a reputation for staving off high-stakes shareholder derivative litigation with an eye toward client needs, earning him a spot among Law360's top five under-40 class action partners for the second year in a row.
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March 21, 2012
Rising Star: Seyfarth's Steven Pearlman
Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Steven Pearlman, who specializes in Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower cases, helped to create a national team at the firm dedicated to that issue, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five employment lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 21, 2012
Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Jacqui Rubin
Whether she is defending pharmaceutical company executives to a grand jury or representing medical device manufacturers in antitrust battles, health care litigator Jacqui Rubin of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP knows how to get at the core issues underlying every dispute, earning her one of four spots on Law360's list of rising stars under 40 in the health industry.
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March 21, 2012
Rising Star: Latham's Craig Kornreich
Since joining Latham & Watkins LLP in 2010 to help expand its new Houston office, partner Craig Kornreich has built an energy-focused finance team that has already cinched more than 35 deals worth roughly $25 billion, according to the firm. That leadership success, coupled with his complex finance prowess, makes him one of Law360's five rising stars under 40 in the energy arena.
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March 21, 2012
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Erik Quarfordt
For his proactive approach to complicated real estate transactions involving major private equity players, including The Blackstone Group and The Carlyle Group, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Erik Quarfordt has earned a spot among Law360's top four real estate partners under 40 to watch.
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March 20, 2012
Rising Star: Orrick's Jessica Perry
With a record of beating back several high-profile moves for class certification in recent years, while successfully defending such heavy hitters as Morgan Stanley and Gap Inc., Jessica Perry of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has earned a place among Law360's top five under-40 employment partners.
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March 20, 2012
Rising Star: O'Melveny's Elizabeth McKeen
Making partner at just 33, Elizabeth McKeen's next step in O'Melveny & Myers LLP's financial services litigation group got started just as the foreclosure crisis began haunting her clients in the form of major class actions. Her ability to help clients navigate these troubled waters makes her one of Law360's five class action attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 20, 2012
Rising Star: King & Spalding's Marian Lee
When Marian Lee started at King & Spalding LLP, she stood out even among the highly qualified group of summer associates, and her superior work on complex medical device and pharmaceutical cases since then has earned her a spot as one of Law360's four health industry rising stars under 40.
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March 20, 2012
Rising Star: Fried Frank's Brian Lichter
A "go-to partner" for some of the biggest players in the New York real estate market, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Brian Lichter arranged some of the city's largest commercial real estate deals in 2011 and earned himself a spot as one of four attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in the real estate industry.
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March 20, 2012
Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Pablo Ferrante
Mayer Brown LLP partner Pablo Ferrante intended to return to his native Argentina after getting a few months of experience at a U.S. law firm, but eight years later, his hard work and bicultural fluency has helped his firm establish a strong foothold in the Latin American energy market, earning him a spot as one of five attorneys under 40 to be honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in the energy practice area.
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March 19, 2012
Rising Star: Jones Day's Brian Jorgensen
With an eye for innovative strategies that has helped him successfully defend Verizon Wireless in a wage-and-hour dispute and argue for U.S. Steel Corp. in a potential landmark Fair Labor Standards Act suit, Jones Day's Brian Jorgensen has earned a spot among Law360's top five young employment partners.
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March 19, 2012
Rising Stars: Hunton & Williams' Colleen Heisey
When Hunton & Williams LLP was looking to build a food and drug practice, Colleen Heisey was the perfect fit. Heisey's energy has helped her clients navigate drug approvals and earned her a spot as one of four attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as a rising legal star in the health care industry.
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March 19, 2012
Rising Star: Willkie's Thomas J. Henry
From negotiating a multibillion-dollar merger that presaged the Great Recession to securing his clients square footage all over Manhattan, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's Thomas J. Henry, 38, has mastered real estate's boom-and-bust cycle, placing him on Law360's list of rising stars under 40 in the practice area.
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March 19, 2012
Rising Star: Reed Smith's Nicolle Snyder Bagnell
Playing an integral role in two pivotal appellate victories this year for the oil and gas industries ensuring greater access to permits and upholding leases, Reed Smith LLP partner Nicolle Snyder Bagnell has claimed a spot among Law360's five rising stars under 40 to watch in the energy industry.
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March 19, 2012
Rising Star: Jones Day's Christopher Lovrien
Effectively defending major companies including Dole Food Co. Inc., Procter and Gamble Co. and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. from complex, international class actions, Jones Day's Christopher Lovrien has earned a place as one of Law360's five young attorneys to watch in the class action arena.
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March 16, 2012
Energy Rising Star: Foley & Lardner's Jeff Atkin
A soup-to-nuts solar energy practice and a long history of helping solar clients gave Foley & Lardner LLP partner Jeffery Atkin an edge during 2011 work on the acquisition of 19 solar energy projects collectively worth $2 billion, earning him a place as one of Law360's five rising stars under 40 for the energy industry.
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March 16, 2012
Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Carrie Gonell
After a decade of helping financial services and retail heavyweights defeat class certification in wage-and-hour litigation in New York, Carrie A. Gonell of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP headed west to nail California's notoriously-complex labor code and took high-profile clients like Citibank NA with her, earning her a place on Law360's list of five employment attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 16, 2012
Rising Star: Zuckerman's Marcos Hasbun
A track record of getting health care clients off the hook in whistleblower False Claims Act cases has earned Marcos E. Hasbun, a partner in Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, a spot as one of Law360's four health industry rising stars under 40.